Day: April 14, 2021
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Zhejiang Province Shutters Factories Due to COVID-19, Raising Concerns About the DRC-to-China Cobalt Supply Chain
The global cobalt supply chain is bracing for the impact from the closure of three of China's largest processing factories in eastern Zhejiang province in response to an outbreak of COVID-19. Provincial authorities shuttered more than a dozen massive factories in ...
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Somidez, the Congolese mining unit of the Chinese mining giant China Nonferrous Mining Corporation (CNMC), posted a series of fascinating photos that show the vibrant impromptu communities that form among truckers from across Africa as they wait for days in line to pick up their hauls of ...
Chinese Stakeholders in Uganda Really Want to Change the Conversation About the Entebbe Airport
Both the Chinese embassy in Kampala and the Chinese contractor responsible for upgrading the Entebbe International Airport have been working hard this week to move the conversation away from the debt trap story that dominated the headlines over the past three weeks.
Report: China to Provide Enough Vaccines For All Unvaccinated Soldiers in the South African Military
The Chinese government is purportedly donating 300,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to cover any remaining members of the force who aren't fully vaccinated. But the use of Sinovac vaccines in South Africa ...
China Will Have to Pick Up the Pace If It Wants to Achieve Its Billion-Vaccine Pledge in Africa
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A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion with lands aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland during flight deck operations in the Pacific Ocean. Image via the U.S. Marine Corps.
In this edition of M&M, I want to examine one of the most common claims not only in Vietnam’s foreign policy circle but also in that of the United States. The United States is a Pacific power with an extensive network of alliances and bases across the Indo-Pacific, and its exercise ...
Even After Learning Chinese Vaccines Aren’t as Effective, Developing Countries are Committed to Using Them. Here’s Why.
The low-efficacy rates of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines emerged as one of the main reasons cited by Beijing's critics in the U.S. and Europe as to why developing countries should think twice about procuring too many doses of Sinopharm or Sinovac jabs.
There Isn’t Much Time Left if the U.S. Wants to Challenge China on Vaccine Distribution
With U.S. vaccination rates on the rise and predictions that the country will reach herd immunity by mid-summer, confidence in Washington's pundit and political circles has been steadily rising that the United States will finally be well-positioned to challenge China's early lead ...
Belt & Road and Vaccines Emerge as New Chinese Vectors to Bend the International Order to Its Will, Warns New U.S. Intelligence Report
China's push for "global power" emerged as the top threat to the United States using initiatives including the Belt & Road Initiative and COVID-19 vaccine distribution emerged as the top threat facing the United States, according to an important annual intelligence assessment released on ...
EIU Maps Out China’s Rapidly Expanding Digital Engagement in Africa
The Economist Intelligence Unit published a special report on China-Africa relations last month that includes a number of compelling visuals that showcase the breadth of Chinese engagement on the continent. In this instance, regarding China's digital footprint in ...
Two Ghanaian Stars in the Chinese Super League talk About the Challenges of Playing Professional Soccer in China
The pressure on African players in China's professional soccer league is going up say two Ghanaian stars who are going to teammates next season on Shenzhen FC. Midfielder Mubarak Wakaso will be joined by 30-year old Black Stars winger Frank Acheampong in ...